Jessica Steinmann

Jessica Steinmann is the Republican nominee for the open U.S. House seat in Texas's 8th District. An attorney, she served as Director of the Justice Department's Office for Victims of Crime from 2020 to 2021 and later as Executive General Counsel at the America First Policy Institute, and describes herself as an 'America First conservative.' She won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary with 68.0% of the vote.[1][2][3]

According to her campaign website, Steinmann was born and went to high school in Harris County, just outside the district. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Baylor University.[2][3] She says she previously served in the office of U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and helped draft Texas's election integrity law.[3] Steinmann served as Director of the Office for Victims of Crime in the U.S. Department of Justice from 2020 to 2021; she says she oversaw nearly $9 billion and awarded over $2.5 billion in 2020 funding to crime victims, including the largest federal funding to combat domestic human trafficking.[1][2][3]

After leaving the Trump administration, Steinmann worked as Executive General Counsel at the America First Policy Institute, where she says she led litigation including a lawsuit representing 36 U.S. Air Force members against the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine mandate and a lawsuit on behalf of high school track athletes over transgender participation in girls' sports.[1] She says she led Republican women's groups and served as a Texas Committeewoman on the RNC Platform Committee, and previously served as president of The Woodlands Republican Women and on the Montgomery County Child Welfare Board.[3] Steinmann won the March 3, 2026 Republican primary in a six-candidate field with 68.0% of the vote.[2]

Steinmann describes herself as a wife and mother of two sons. Her campaign website says she and her husband Brandon, the elected Montgomery County Clerk, live in Montgomery County, and that she is a member of the Conroe Noon Lions Club, The Woodlands Rotary and the Federalist Society.[1][3]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.